The greatest common factor for 36 and 60?

Question

GCF

Answer 1

Greatest Common Factor of 36 and 60.

• 1. Find all the Factors of each number,
• 2. Underline the Common factors,
• 3. Choose the Greatest of those.

Factor of 36 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36.

Factor of 60 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60.

12 is the greatest common factor.

Therefore 36, 60 of GCF is 12.

Answer 2

The GCF is the product of the common prime factors in each number.

Factor each monomial and Circle the common prime factors.

The product of common prime factors, 2•2•3 or 12 is called the greatest common factor of 36 and 60.